March 14-20 is National MS Awareness Week
National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week is March 14-20. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, unpredictable disease of the central nervous system (the brain, optic nerves, and spinal cord). It is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. This means the immune system incorrectly attacks the person’s healthy tissue.
MS can cause blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, slurred speech, tremors, numbness, extreme fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, paralysis, and blindness and more. These problems may be permanent or may come and go.
Most people are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, although individuals as young as 2 and as old as 75 have developed it. Many with MS struggle to live as productively as they desire, often facing increasing limitations.
For more information about Multiple Sclerosis visit: www.nationalmssociety.org
~Facts and statistics provided by the National MS Society
